*Dope as in urban slang for good/entertaining. Only junkies would think it was possible to rip-off the Russian mafia and […]
Books or screens: The choice is yours
Wait! It’s books and/or screens – I’ve clearly made my choice for all of them. Recently my friend Lorraine has taken […]
Baudelaire’s Revenge: Coarse salt across your senses
Complex, engrossing, story layering . Hercule Poirot Prize winner – 2007 Tense and grim is the Paris that Commissioner Paul […]
Crime Fiction Books: Not an exercise in high-brow wanking
Why I had brain freeze about my favourite genre. A friend from J-school (Journalism school for those not in the know) nominated […]
Stinking Rich: Tornado in a bottle
Delightfully outlandish and wickedly outrageous An outhouse, airplane and RV. A bright-eyed granny, stalwart ticket agent and mountain man. What […]
September
September brings my favourite time of year and one could think that after the summers heated passions and murderous […]
On Hiatus: yet the crime continues
Photo courtesy of M.K. Dickerson Murder in Common is on hiatus until Autumn. I’ll be able to catch up on […]
Mo Hayder: Darkly intense
Characters we don’t want to believe exist I’ll never forget the first Mo Hayder book I read: The Treatment. When […]
Elephants, rhinos and painted dogs too
In South Africa at the Tau Game Lodge delighting in another world. I’ll be home soon to talk to you […]
Chain gang: authors/writers talk about their work
Stefania Manttana of the Chase Williams Mystery Series convinced me to participate in this fun initiative. It’s a great way […]
